US8464773B2 - Tape removal apparatus and process - Google Patents
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- This prepeg tape material may be a composite, unidirectional tape which may be used to form a laminate.
- tape material on backing paper is unrolled from a supply reel, the tape material is cut into the required configuration, removed from the original backing paper, and then transferred to another release backing paper and wound onto a cassette spool.
- the transferring of the tape material to another backing paper may create problems.
- the tape material may lose some of its tacking ability, may not align as well on the new backing paper, may not adhere well to the new backing paper, and may have placement problems when placed on a working surface.
- the new backing paper may have a certain amount of stretch which may cause tension problems, may form wrinkles when the tape is placed onto a working surface, and/or may not allow good tacking of the tape material onto the working surface. This may cause problems with tape lifting from the working surface, or may cause wrinkles to be formed in the laminate being formed with the tape material.
- the process of putting the tape material onto a new backing paper may require an excessive number of machines, may increase the costs, may increase the time required, may reduce efficiency, and/or may lead to one or more other problems.
- An apparatus, and/or method for removing tape material from backing paper is needed to decrease one or more problems associated with one or more of the existing apparatus and/or methods.
- an apparatus for removing tape material from backing paper includes a supply reel for supplying and unrolling tape material on backing paper.
- the apparatus further includes at least one cutting member for cutting first and second spaced apart portions of unrolled tape material while still on backing paper, and for cutting a third portion, comprising adjacent first and second ends, of unrolled tape material while still on backing paper between cut first and second spaced apart portions of unrolled tape material.
- the apparatus additionally includes at least one bending member for pressing against backing paper upon which a cut third portion is disposed in order to separate cut first and second adjacent ends of unrolled tape material from backing paper.
- the apparatus further includes a first vacuum roller for rolling a cut first adjacent end of unrolled tape material at least partially around the first vacuum roller to remove from backing paper a cut unrolled tape material between a cut first adjacent end and a cut first portion.
- the apparatus also includes a second vacuum roller adjacent to the first vacuum roller for rolling a cut second adjacent end of unrolled tape material at least partially around the second vacuum roller to remove from backing paper a cut unrolled tape material between a cut second adjacent end and a cut second portion.
- FIG. 1 shows a front view of one embodiment of an apparatus for removing tape material from backing paper in which the apparatus has unrolled and cut tape material;
- FIG. 2 shows a bottom view of a portion of the cut unrolled tape material of the embodiment of FIG. 1 without the apparatus
- FIG. 3 is the same view of the embodiment of FIG. 3 at a different stage with the cut unrolled tape material on the backing paper having been moved to a location under a bending member;
- FIG. 4 is the same view of the embodiment of FIG. 3 at a different stage with the bending member pressing against the backing paper;
- FIG. 5 is the same view of the embodiment of FIG. 4 at a different stage with cut unrolled tape material rolling around rollers;
- FIG. 6 is the same view of the embodiment of FIG. 5 at a different stage with the cut unrolled tape material rolling further around the rollers and scraping members scraping a portion of the cut unrolled tape material off the rollers;
- FIG. 7 is the same view of the embodiment of FIG. 6 at a different stage with the cut unrolled tape material being deposited in scrap bins;
- FIG. 8 shows a bottom view of the unrolled tape material of the embodiment of FIG. 2 after the cut tape portion has been completely removed from the backing paper using the apparatus of FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 9 shows an embodiment of a method of removing tape material from backing paper
- FIG. 10 is a flow diagram of an aircraft production and service methodology
- FIG. 11 is a block diagram of an aircraft.
- FIG. 1 shows a front view of one embodiment of an apparatus 10 for removing tape material 12 from backing paper 14 .
- the tape material 12 may comprise for example and without limitation a composite prepeg (pre-impregnated with resin) tape, a graphite, ceramic, aramid, glass, or other tape material.
- the tape material 12 may be unidirectional.
- the apparatus 10 may comprise a supply reel 16 , at least one cutting member 18 , a first shelf member 20 , a second shelf member 22 , at least one bending member 24 , a first roller 26 , a second roller 28 , a third roller 30 , a fourth roller 32 , a first scraping member 34 , a second scraping member 36 , a third scraping member 38 , a fourth scraping member 40 , a first scrap bin 42 , and a second scrap bin 44 .
- FIG. 1 the supply reel 16 has been used to supply and unroll the tape material 12 , while still on the backing paper 14 , to a location 15 over the one or more cutting members 18 , which have one or more sharp edges 19 .
- the one or more cutting members 18 has cut the unrolled tape material 12 at location 15 .
- the tape material 12 is cut without cutting the backing paper 14 .
- FIG. 2 shows a bottom view of a portion of the cut unrolled tape material 12 at location 15 .
- the one or more cutting members 18 have been used to cut first and second spaced apart portions 46 and 48 , which may comprise spaced apart angular cuts, of the unrolled tape material 12 which is still on the backing paper 14 .
- the one or more cutting members 18 have further been used to cut a third portion 50 of the unrolled tape material 12 which is still on the backing paper 14 , which may comprise a straight, perpendicular cut in the unrolled tape material 12 , in substantially the center 17 of the cut first and second spaced apart portions 46 and 48 .
- the cut third portion 50 may comprise adjacent first and second ends 52 and 54 of the cut unrolled tape material 12 on the backing paper 14 .
- the third portion 50 may be at any point in-between the cut first and second spaced apart portions 46 and 48 .
- the first, second, and third portions 46 , 48 , and 50 may be of differing shapes, sizes, locations, orientations, and configurations. In still other embodiments, a varying number of cut portions may be utilized.
- FIG. 3 is the same view of the embodiment of FIG. 1 at a different stage with the cut unrolled tape material 12 on the backing paper 14 having been moved to a location 56 under the at least one bending member 24 .
- the first and second shelf members 20 and 22 are keeping the tape material 12 on the backing paper 14 from coming in contact with the first and second rollers 26 and 28 .
- FIG. 4 is the same view of the embodiment of FIG. 3 at a different stage with the at least one bending member 24 having been lowered along direction 58 in order to press against the backing paper 14 upon which the cut third portion 50 is disposed.
- the bending member 24 may comprise a bar member or other type of bending member. The pressing of the bending member 24 against the backing paper 14 has caused the cut third portion 50 to drop downward and be abutted against the initially adjacent first and second rollers 26 and 28 . As shown in FIG. 5 , due to the pressing of the at least one bending member 24 against the backing paper 14 , the cut first and second adjacent ends 52 and 54 of the unrolled tape material 12 has begun to separate from the backing paper 14 which has remained intact.
- the first and second rollers 26 and 28 may each comprise vacuum rollers 27 and 29 which are adapted to provide vacuum forces on the cut unrolled tape material 12 to draw it towards the first and second rollers 26 and 28 .
- FIG. 5 is the same view of the embodiment of FIG. 4 at a different stage with the first roller 26 having been rolled clockwise and the second roller 28 having been rolled counterclockwise.
- the third roller 30 which may comprise a pinch roller abutting against the first roller 26 , has rotated counterclockwise against the first roller 26 .
- the fourth roller 32 which may comprise a pinch roller abutting against the second roller 28 , has rotated clockwise against the second roller 28 .
- the separated first adjacent end 52 of the unrolled tape material 12 has been held to roller 26 and has begun rolling partially around the first roller 26 to remove from the backing paper 14 more of the cut unrolled tape material 12 from the separated first adjacent end 52 towards the cut first portion 46 .
- the separated second adjacent end 54 of the unrolled tape material 12 has been held to roller 28 and has begun rolling partially around the second roller 28 to remove from the backing paper 14 more of the cut unrolled tape material 12 from the separated second adjacent end 54 towards the cut second portion 48 .
- the backing paper 14 has remained intact substantially in its position of FIG. 4 .
- FIG. 6 is the same view of the embodiment of FIG. 5 at a different stage with the first roller 26 having been rolled further clockwise, the second roller 28 having been rolled further counterclockwise, the third roller 30 having been rotated further counterclockwise, and the fourth roller 32 having been rotated further clockwise.
- the third roller 30 has pinched the separated first adjacent end 52 of the unrolled tape material 12 against the first roller 26 , and forced the separated first adjacent end 52 to pass between the third roller 30 and the first roller 26 .
- the clockwise rotation of the first roller 26 and the counterclockwise rotation of the third roller 30 has caused the separated first adjacent end 52 to come in contact with the first scraping member 34 which has scraped the separated first adjacent end 52 off the first roller 26 .
- the fourth roller 32 has pinched the separated second adjacent end 54 of the unrolled tape material 12 against the second roller 28 , and forced the separated second adjacent end 54 to pass between the fourth roller 32 and the second roller 28 .
- the counterclockwise rotation of the second roller 28 and the clockwise rotation of the fourth roller 32 has caused the separated second adjacent end 54 to come in contact with the second scraping member 36 which has scraped the separated second adjacent end 54 off the second roller 28 .
- the third scraping member 38 may scrape the separated first adjacent end 52 off the third roller 30
- the fourth scraping member 40 may scrape the separated second adjacent end 54 off the fourth roller 32 .
- FIG. 7 is the same view of the embodiment of FIG. 6 at a different stage with the first roller 26 having been rolled even further clockwise, the second roller 28 having been rolled even further counterclockwise, the third roller 30 having been rotated even further counterclockwise, and the fourth roller 32 having been rotated even further clockwise.
- the further rotation of the first and third rollers 26 and 30 along with the scraping of the first scraping member 34 has caused the cut unrolled tape material 12 to completely separate and be removed from the backing paper 14 , from the separated first adjacent end 52 to the cut first portion 46 , and be deposited in the first scrap bin 42 .
- FIG. 8 shows a bottom view of the unrolled tape material 12 of the embodiment of FIG. 2 after the cut tape portion between the first and second portions 46 and 48 has been completely removed from the backing paper 14 , as shown in FIG. 7 .
- the backing paper 14 is intact with the cut tape portion between the first and second portions 46 and 48 completely removed.
- FIG. 9 shows an embodiment of a method 160 of removing tape material 12 from backing paper 14 .
- the method 160 may utilize any of the herein disclosed embodiments of the apparatus 10 , including any of its varying components.
- a tape material 12 is unrolled on backing paper 14 from a supply reel 16 .
- first and second spaced apart portions 46 and 48 of the unrolled tape material 12 are cut while the unrolled tape material 12 is still on the backing paper 14 .
- the cut first and second spaced apart portions 46 and 48 may comprise spaced apart angular cuts of the unrolled tape material 12 on the backing paper 14 .
- a cutting member 18 may be utilized having at least one sharp edge 19 .
- a third portion 50 may be cut, while still on the backing paper 14 , of the unrolled tape material 12 between the cut first and second spaced apart portions 46 and 48 of the unrolled tape material 12 .
- a cutting member 18 may again be utilized having at least one sharp edge 19 .
- the third portion 50 may comprise cut first and second adjacent ends 52 and 54 .
- the third portion 50 may further comprise a perpendicular, straight cut in the unrolled tape material 12 which is still on the backing paper 14 .
- the third portion 50 may be substantially in a center 17 of the cut first and second spaced apart portions 46 and 48 .
- a bending member 24 which may comprise a bar member, may be pressed against a portion of the backing paper 14 , which the cut third portion 50 is disposed on, to begin to separate the cut first and second adjacent ends 52 and 54 of the unrolled tape material 12 from the backing paper 14 .
- the bending member 24 may press the cut first adjacent end 52 against a first roller 26 and the cut second adjacent end 54 against a second roller 28 .
- the cut first adjacent end 52 may be rolled at least partially around the first roller 26 , which may comprise a vacuuming vacuum roller, to remove from the backing paper 14 the cut unrolled tape material 12 between the first cut adjacent end 52 and the cut first portion 46 .
- the cut first adjacent end 52 may be rolled between a first vacuum roller 26 and a third pinch roller 30 .
- the second adjacent end 54 may be rolled at least partially around a second roller 28 , which may comprise a vacuuming vacuum roller, to remove from the backing paper 14 the cut unrolled tape material 12 between the cut second adjacent end 54 and the cut second portion 48 .
- the cut second adjacent end 54 may be rolled between a second vacuum roller 28 and a fourth pinch roller 32 .
- the cut first adjacent end 52 may be scraped off at least one of the first roller 26 and the third roller 30 using at least one scraping member 34 and 38 .
- the cut second adjacent end 54 may be scraped off at least one of the second roller 28 and the fourth roller 32 using at least another scraping member 36 and 40 .
- the removed cut unrolled tape material 12 may be disposed into at least one scrap bin 42 and 44 .
- One or more embodiments of the disclosure may reduce and/or eliminate one or more problems which may have been experienced by one or more of the existing apparatus or methods. For instance, one or more embodiments of the disclosure may reduce the numbers and amounts of backing paper needed, may reduce costs, may reduce the number of machines required, may substantially reduce time since the process may be carried out without transferring cut tape to new backing paper, may lead to less wrinkling and/or tension in the tape material against the backing paper since new backing paper is not required, may improve the adherence of the cut tape to the backing paper since new backing paper is not required, may reduce tacking problems, may reduce problems in transferring tape resin to new backing paper, may improve efficiency, may be less complex, may be more reliable, may be more accurate, may make it less difficult to place tape against working surfaces by providing improved tracking and guidance, may reduce tape lifting from working surfaces, and/or may reduce and/or eliminate one or more other types of problems in one or more of the existing apparatus and/or methods.
- exemplary method 278 may include specification and design 280 of the aircraft 279 and material procurement 281 .
- component and subassembly manufacturing 282 and system integration 283 of the aircraft 279 takes place.
- the aircraft 279 may go through certification and delivery 284 in order to be placed in service 285 .
- routine maintenance and service 286 which may also include modification, reconfiguration, refurbishment, and so on).
- a system integrator may include without limitation any number of aircraft manufacturers and major-system subcontractors; a third party may include without limitation any number of venders, subcontractors, and suppliers; and an operator may be an airline, leasing company, military entity, service organization, and so on.
- the aircraft 279 produced by exemplary method 278 may include an airframe 287 with a plurality of systems 288 and an interior 289 .
- high-level systems 288 include one or more of a propulsion system 290 , an electrical system 291 , a hydraulic system 292 , and an environmental system 293 . Any number of other systems may be included.
- an aerospace example is shown, the principles of the invention may be applied to other industries, such as the automotive industry.
- Apparatus and methods embodied herein may be employed during any one or more of the stages of the production and service method 278 .
- components or subassemblies corresponding to production process 282 may be fabricated or manufactured in a manner similar to components or subassemblies produced while the aircraft 279 is in service.
- one or more apparatus embodiments, method embodiments, or a combination thereof may be utilized during the production stages 282 and 283 , for example, by substantially expediting assembly of or reducing the cost of an aircraft 279 .
- apparatus embodiments, method embodiments, or a combination thereof may be utilized while the aircraft 279 is in service, for example and without limitation, to maintenance and service 286 .
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